Facebook Promises To Crack Down On Pot Dealers

Marijuana sellers in
California are using Twitter, Facebook and MySpace to promote
their products, reports
Fox News.

It is legal to grow and sell marijuana for medicinal purposes in
California. Sellers can advertise their products, but are not
allowed to put them up for sale on sites like eBay.

So, marijuana sellers use social networking sites to find buyers
and and offer free delivery of goods.

One such seller, Artists Collective is
experiencing great success with Twitter, Fox News says:

"We've been open for six months, and I've been doing this project
for 18 [months], and only in the last two weeks with a Twitter
account has anybody started paying attention to us," says Dann
Halem, director of Artists Collective. "That sends a message — an
important one — and it really has been, strangely enough, the
fact that we're using Twitter that has opened the door."

No comment from Twitter on this.

Meanwhile Facebook told All
Facebook it will shut down Artists Collective's Facebook page
and that it "might take further action against the admin
accounts.”

“We do not allow people to promote illegal activities on
Facebook. Section 3.4 of the SRR states: You will not use
Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or
discriminatory.

People who use Facebook to co-ordinate illegal activities are
fools. We will aid in the prosecution of people orchestrating
illegal activities off of Facebook, such as in this case. We work
hard to make Facebook a safe and secure environment, and we
encourage users to report anything suspicious. We also include a
specific tool for reporting drug-related content.”